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Book of the Day: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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Happy Monday, guys! Earlier this month, I recieved Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke Release Date: 2013-08-15 You stop fearing the Devil when you’re holding his hand… Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a…

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Friday Reads April 26th 2013

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Happy Friday, guys! Time for another #FridayReads… This weekend, I’ll be reading Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes Release Date: 2012-12-11 The New York Times bestseller In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming their subjects’ lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined: Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy…

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Book of the Day: Teachers Pest

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I *heart* Quirk Books! They sent me Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher’s Pest by Charles Gilman Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher’s Pest by Charles Gilman Release Date: 2013-05-07 “Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons—Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!” —Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children DON’T BE FOOLED by his friendly smile, his perfect manners, or his shiny red apple. Student council president Howard Mergler is actually a sinister bug-monster in disguise—and he’s summoning swarms of roaches, wasps, fleas, and head…

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Book of the Day: Nothing But Blue

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Last week I was send a copy of Nothing but Blue by Lisa Jahn-Clough Nothing but Blue by Lisa Jahn-Clough Release Date: 2013-05-07 All dead. No one survived. All dead. This morbid chant haunts seventeen-year-old Blue as she trudges through the countryside with just the clothes on her back, heading to her childhood home on the ocean. Something absolutely awful has happened, she knows it, but she doesn’t know what. She can’t even remember her name, so she calls herself Blue. This gripping survival story—peppered with flashbacks to bittersweet times…

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Book of the Day: The Year of the Book

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Last week, in my mailbox I found The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng Release Date: 2013-05-07 In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated. When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world. Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to…

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Friday Reads: KING OF THE DEAD

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Happy Friday, guys! Time for another #FridayReads… This weekend, I’ll be reading King of the Dead (The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle) by Joseph Nassise King of the Dead (The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle) by Joseph Nassise Release Date: 2012-11-27 Jeremiah Hunt sees the world through the eyes of the dead, and now the dead are taking their revenge.Joseph Nassise shook up the urban fantasy genre with Eyes to See, a novel New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry called “heartbreaking, deeply insightful, powerful and genuinely thrilling.” In a devil’s deal, Jeremiah Hunt…

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Book of the Day: Benajah’s Keeper

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Hey guys! Check it out! I was sent a copy of Benajah’s Keeper (Volume 1) by Aeryn Dougan Benajah’s Keeper (Volume 1) by Aeryn Dougan Release Date: 2012-10-24 Evanna Amaranthine, a ruthless, 600 year old vampire, has a new assignment: to leave the walls of Benajah, her beloved vampire guild, enter the realm of humans to stalk down her prey, Rian Delmar, and kill him. At first, the prospect of being around humans any longer than the time it takes to drain them repulses Evanna, but after moving in with…

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Book of the Day: Flora’s Fury

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Happy Tuesday, guys! Today in my mailbox I found Flora’s Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light by Ysabeau S. Wilce Flora’s Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light by Ysabeau S. Wilce Release Date: 2013-05-14 “Offers some enjoyable twists . . . fans of Flora will not be disappointed.”—VOYA Despite her troublesome attraction to magick, Flora has…

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Book of the Day: Natural Born Angel

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Last week, in my mailbox I found Natural Born Angel: An Immortal City Novel by Scott Speer Natural Born Angel: An Immortal City Novel by Scott Speer Release Date: 2013-04-23 Life turned upside down for Maddy Montgomery when she found out she was half-Angel and was catapulted into the scene of flashbulbs, paparazzi, and the fervent adulation that comes with being in the celebrity Angel world. She’s trying to juggle her ordinary life—high school, family, friends—with the intense demands of being in the public eye as heartthrob Angel Jackson Godspeed’s…

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Book of the Day: Editor-Proof Your Writing

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You guys! I was so excited to find this in my mail box!! It is Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave (Great Books for Writers) by Don McNair. Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave (Great Books for Writers) by Don McNair Release Date: 2013-04-01 Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing—writing that’s full of extra, misused, and overused words—in this guide to producing sparkling copy that attracts…

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